Areas of Focus
- Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Super-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging Technology
Work Experience
- 2020-04 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2017-04 to 2020-04 - University of Science and Technology of China - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-09 to 2017-03 PhD: University of Science and Technology of China
Publications
- Structural and functional imaging of brains, Changlu Tao, 2023
- Isotropic reconstruction for electron tomography with deep learning, Changlu Tao, 2022
- Digitalizing neuronal synapses with cryo-electron tomography and correlative microscopy, Changlu Tao, 2022
- Mesophasic organization of GABA(A) receptors in hippocampal inhibitory synapses, Changlu Tao, 2020
- Postsynaptic protein organization revealed by electron microscopy, Changlu Tao, 2019
- An efficient protocol of cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy for the study of neuronal synapses, Changlu Tao, 2019
- Accumulation of Dense Core Vesicles in Hippocampal Synapses Following Chronic Inactivity, Changlu Tao, 2018
- Differentiation and Characterization of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses by Cryo-electron Tomography and Correlative Microscopy, Changlu Tao, 2018
Awards
- First Prize, First Neuroscience Art Competition (2021)
- First Prize, Excellent Report Award, National Electron Microscopy Academic Annual Conference (2021)